Selection of Active Customisation File

.NET Customisation User Guide

.NET Customisation : Menu and Command Bar Customisation : Editing the UIC File : Selection of Active Customisation File

The customisation system supports the concept of multiple configuration files.

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Any number of levels of customisation file can be defined either using the module customisation configuration file or the CommandBarManager. AddUICustomizationFile() method, and they are layered on-top of each other in the order they appear in the list. Selecting an entry in the list will update the tree view (3) and listview (4) with all configuration information defined in the selected file and those above it. Any items in the tree or listview which are not defined in the currently active customisation file are displayed with an italic font in grey. Any customisation file which a user does not have write access to does not appear in the drop-down list, but its contents are included in the tree and list of tools.

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Customisation Dialog: Indication of editable items

Here the Button "Save" is defined in the "ConnectionMap" customisation file. It is displayed in italics along with the "Schematic Model Viewer" Command Bar since these items are not defined in the currently selected customisation file.

The selected customisation file will also be made the active customisation file and any edits will only be possible to customisation information defined in this file.